🦙Alpaca

Vicugna pacos (Linnaeus, 1758)

羊驼（學名：Vicugna pacos，英語：alpaca，戏称「草泥马」）为一種原產南美安第斯山脈、已被人类驯化的偶蹄目骆驼科小羊駝屬家畜，因体型比骆驼小，背无肉峰，耳朵尖长，脸似绵羊，故而得名。羊驼与大羊驼不似原驼与小羊驼是野生物种，不属于濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约附录II所列的保护动物。羊驼一般在高原生活，世界现有羊驼约300万只左右，約90%以上生活在其原產地祕魯及智利，其餘分佈于澳洲的維多利亞州和新南威爾士州，以及新西兰。羊駝共有兩個品種，分別是華卡亞羊駝（Huacaya）及蘇利羊駝（Suri）。其外觀上最大的差別在於華卡亞毛髮較短且捲曲；蘇利則毛髮較長且滑順。

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Conservation status

Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Vicugna pacos yet.

Key measurements

Body mass: 62 kg
Body length: not recorded
Shoulder height: 0.93 m
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: 26 years

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Body mass

62 kg

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Shoulder height

0.93 m0.9–0.95 m · typical rangeat the withers

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Page: "Measured at the withers: 90-95 cm when fully grown". Range only; value is the midpoint. Husbandry-standard figure for the domestic breed population, stated as such. ADW has no alpaca account.

Source: NSW Department of Education, Animals in Schools: 'Alpacas - introduction' (government husbandry guidance), https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/animals-in-schools/animals-in-schools-species/alpacas/alpacas-introduction · see citation

Maximum lifespan

26 years

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Gestation

345 days

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